756 The Battle Half a Month Ago (2/2)

”If I were a 'gentleman', the consequences would be much more severe…” Lucien teased.

In her helplessness, Doris could only sign the contract. After Natasha also signed it, the contract suddenly ignited itself, burning so furiously that even the water around seemed to be on fire.

The pale fire suddenly turned dark, profound, and dim, and stars in different colors seemed to be glittering. It was quite similar to the projection of the Atomic Universe with which Lucien changed the environment around him.

A handsome face was condensed by the starry light in the fire, who then declared solemnly, ”In the name of Atom Controller, I hereby announce that the contract is in effect.”

Looking at the identical faces in the fire and in the sky, Doris said with seething wrath, ”The contract has already been signed. Just ask whatever you want to know fast.”

It was simply too shameless that the guy was both the player and the judge!

”Why were you so surprised after hearing the Blue Gate?” Natasha asked.

Doris heaved a sigh. ”Because I'm here exactly for the Blue Gate.”

Seeing that Lucien and Natasha did not pursue in surprise, she simply went on and said, ”By the order of His Majesty Harex, I have come to the intersection of the undercurrents of the Lost Land to navigate the sea creatures who come after me to go to the Blue Gate. Because there are many other intersections, I sang a song to summon my people, asking them to provide navigation in other places in case the sea creatures lost their direction.”

The Lost Land was how the sea clans called the depths of the Boundless Ocean.

”Undercurrents…” Lucien repeated in a low voice.

It was undeniable that the Congress of Magic's natural research on the ocean was still shallow. After all, every part of the Boundless Ocean had been occupied by the sea clans. The furthest place that human fleets reached was the few islands that the Congress of Magic occupied. As for the sorcerers who could submerge into the ocean without fearing the sea creatures, they were at least in the sixth circle, and they paid more attention to the mines, treasures, and special animals at the bottom of the ocean than to the ocean itself. Therefore, Lucien flew here to record the environmental data. He had completely forgotten about the situation at the bottom of the ocean.

Seeing that Lucien was in his thoughts, Natasha stopped asking and waited for two minutes. Lucien then opened his mouth and asked, ”Does the Blue Gate really exist? Why did Harex ask the other sea creatures to go there?”

”I've been to the bottom of the Lost Land with His Majesty Harex before. There was indeed a Blue Gate. However, His Majesty Harex forbade me from approaching it. I only stole a glimpse at it from far away. It felt both real and illusory. Although it was right there, I somehow felt that it was far away in the Moonlight Ocean. That was quite amazing.”

Doris replied honestly. However, as a mermaid who loved singing, she couldn't help but add artistic descriptions, ”It is said that we can only touch it when the legendary material growing inside the Blue Gate is about to take shape.”

”Harex summoned the sea creatures because the legendary material inside was about to take shape? No, in that case, he should've come in person.” Natasha held her longsword tightly without any relief.

After hearing Doris' description, Lucien nodded his head. The Blue Key was a space-time object, and the Blue Gate should be exactly like that.

Doris shook her head. ”I don't know, but His Majesty Harex has ordered the few trustworthy sea creatures to deliver the captives in the battle to the Blue Gate.”

”Captives?” Lucien looked at Natasha, but Natasha shook her head, hinting that Doris was not lying.

”Yes, half a month ago, His Majesty Harex gathered his forces and fought the sea elves and the Gipps. Many captives were caught,” Doris replied honestly.

Lucien became solemn. The sea clans had another battle with the elves, and it seemed rather intense. However, he did not receive any message about it since he was in the ”Lost Land”.

In the Lost Land deep inside the Boundless Ocean, all the communication methods were disordered. That was why Harex asked the Mermaid Princess to lead the way through the most primitive of roaring.

”Captives…” Natasha repeated and couldn't help but look at Lucien. Both of them had smelled the air of ”blood sacrifice”.

Doris did not know what was on their minds. She explained the details about how to go to the Blue Gate along the undercurrents and their changing patterns. In the end, she said pitifully, ”That's all I know about the Blue Gate.”

Lucien nodded. ”What's the result of the battles with the elves and the Gipps?”

”We assaulted the territory controlled by the sea elves and captured a lot of them, but they were defended by two legends and had a thorough defense. They managed to resist us until the elven queen came to their aid.” Fear suddenly popped up on Doris' face. ”The elven queen was much stronger than before and was almost on par with Belkovsky. She heavily wounded His Majesty Harex who did not see it coming, forcing us to flee with the captives. On the other side, the ambush on the Gipps was also affected. Not too many casualties above the senior rank were caused.”

Under the pale sunlight, both Lucien and Natasha looked somewhat gloomy. Had Aglaea, the elven queen, improved herself so quickly?